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Governments committed to water plant
$3 million: Provincial and federal governments funding two-thirds. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
The federal government has joined the B.C. government in a commitment to fund two-thirds of a $4.5 million water treatment facility for the District of Sicamous. Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton received word Friday morning (March 28) from OkanaganShuswap MP Colin Mayes that the federal government will be providing $1.5 million for the facility’s construction. The funding comes through the Provincial-Territorial Base Fund for infrastructure under the federal Building Canada Plan. The federal funding was announced Friday afternoon as part of a joint commitment with the B.C. government, which is also contributing $1.5 to the project “That’s pretty darn That’s pretty darn exciting… it makes it exciting… it makes it all possible now,” Trouall possible now. ton said in a News interview. Darrell Trouton In October, Trouton Sicamous mayor announced the province was committed to providing one-third funding. This was after a visit by Sport and Cultural Development Minister Bill Bennett, who presented a cheque for $50,000 to fund a pilot project to test the filtration technology proposed for the new treatment facility. The pilot was to span six months, while the province worked with its federal counterparts to come up with funding options for the $4.5 million plant, to replace Sicamous’ current water treatment infrastructure that was severely compromised as a result of the June 23 debris flows in Two Mile and Swansea Point, as well as the subsequent flooding. “So, it’s been a lot of work behind the scenes by everybody, and I’m just happy everybody has come to the table and has committed to this,” says Trouton. “It’s looking very positive for us into the See Contract ready on page 2
Neighbour pains: Bryant Laboret is angered by a gravel quarry proposed to go directly above residential lots he is selling along Old Town Road. The mining operation would include drilling, blasting and screening. Photo by Lachlan Labere
District ups fight against quarry permit
Powerless: Municipalities have little input on mines applications.
By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
The District of Sicamous is taking on an uphill battle with the B.C. government over an application for a gravel pit along Old Town Road. Back in December, district council agreed to submit a letter voicing their “unequivocal objection” to a referral from the Ministry of Energy and Mines relating to a mines permit application for a fiveyear-permit to operate a rock quarry at 200 Old Town Road. According to information received by the district at that time, the applicant, Murray Hillson, is pro-
posing an excavating pit, crushing, screening and blasting of materials. The application also states that approximately 300 cubic metres of timber would be removed to facilitate the work. Council agreed with staff that the project would be in contravention to the municipality’s official community plan and zoning bylaws. District staff has since learned, however, that not all the information relating to the application had been received in the original referral. And the additional information has only increased community planning officer Mike Marrs’
concern about the project and the impact it will have, not only on nearby properties, but on the community as a whole. But Marrs also
discussions with our solicitor confirm my feelings that we absolutely have no control over the ministry relative to them making a
If his past behaviour is any indication of what his future behaviour is going to be, then we’re all in trouble Bryant Laboret recognizes the community may be powerless to prevent the ministry from granting the permit. “The big reason I brought this forward tonight… is that further
decision, even though this mine would be in contravention of our OCP, our zoning bylaw, and to the detriment of the community and those properties surrounding it, par-
ticularly the properties that are situated below, to which the applicant has already encroached upon and has not made any effort to rectify,” Marrs explained at the March 23 regular council meeting. S u b s e q u e n t l y, council agreed to two recommendations by Marrs, the first asking that the ministry hold a public meeting and to “adjudicate its decision process based on the expressed will of the residents, the potentially negative net benefit to he community and the fact that the community is well served by existing loSee Council to on page 3
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FortisBC proposes delivery of natural gas Need Help? By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
FortisBC has a plan to bring natural gas to Sicamous; the next step is to see if there’s enough demand. In May 2012, the News reported that the energy provider was exploring ways to deliver natural gas to the community. The conclusion of their analysis was delivered to district council Wednesday, in a presentation by FortisBC spokesperson Ruth Sulentich. The plan, explained Sulentich, would involve trucking compressed natural gas from Salmon Arm to Sicamous (with approximately six, 53foot trailers, potentially powered by natural gas), and developing a distribution system in the community through which to service businesses and residents on the east side of the Bruhn Bridge. “The customer would be responsible to bear the cost of the meter as well as conversion of their appliances, depending on what they’re using… the good news is with customers on propane, there’s very minimal changes required to convert to natural gas
Future energy option: FortisBC has proposed trucking natural gas to Sicamous, where the required infrastructure would be built to service homes and businesses. Photo by Lachlan Labere so the cost would be fairly low,” said Sulentich, noting the cost of conversion would include meters (between $200 and $800 depending on property size), as well as changing over relevant appliances including furnaces, hot water tanks, fireplaces, etc. The payback, says Sulentech, will come in reduced energy costs. She said customers currently on propane could see savings of 30 to 40 per cent, and that electricity is also notably more expensive than gas. Fortis would be required to purchase property in the community, and would own and operate the distri-
bution system. Council passed a resolution allowing FortisBC to proceed with their plans to bring natural gas to the community. Sulentich said this involves going through regulatory procedures, including an application to the BC Utilities Commission. But this would come after a public consultation process, vital to determine if there is actually enough demand in the community to warrant the cost. “We are gauging our numbers on getting all the commercial businesses, there’s about 33, having them sign up, as well as approximately 600 homes that
we would need to sign up…,” said Sulentich. The consultation process, Sulentich explained, would not only educate the public on FortisBC’s intentions, but also provide different scenarios breaking down what residents can expect based on converting from their current energy/heating source. “Our intention is to lay it all out, show what cost will be up front and over five years what your payback will be,” said Sulentich. “If we don’t attain that volume, that yearly volume that we’re looking for, we can’t move on.” If the numbers are there, and approvals
come through, the goal would be to have natural gas coming into the district by winter 2014. Sulentich explained how trucking compressed natural gas from Salmon Arm is the only financially viable method available to Sicamous. She said FortisBC looked at a number of options, including a propane distribution system, a liquid natural gas plant, and a pipeline from Salmon Arm. “One of the routes that was looked at was… the railway line,” said Sulentich, referring to the decommissioned line along Mara Lake. “Unfortunately, when the numbers were crunched to bring the pipeline to Sicamous, it would be ranging from $15.5 million all the way to $26 million. So not very economical, and in order to make it work, the district would have to contribute, as would all the recipients of natural gas.” As for bringing gas to the west side of the Bruhn Bridge, it was explained this might be possible after Sicamous’ distribution system is established and there proves to be enough demand.
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future.” One of the next big hurdles for the district will be finding it’s $1.5 million share. Trouton said he and council will
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be looking to the 2013 budget and future budgets for the amount. “We have to be careful in our community of not overspending in each budget year and making it viable
for people to live here and to move here,” says Trouton. “It’s exciting and we’ll make it work.” The district did put out a request for proposals for engineering
the new water treatment facility, and staff have since forwarded a recommendation to council that OPUS Dayton Knight Consultant Ltd. of Kelowna be awarded the $523,921 contract.
Friday. April 5- The Seniors Activity Centre is hosting a FREE “Fraud and Scams” workshop sponsored by Council of Senior Citizens Org. Everyone is Welcome. Workshop starts at 11 am (follows AGM).
Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-8329700.
Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday- Sicamous Lions Club meets at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre, 1090 Shuswap Ave, Sicamous. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00 pm. Everyone Welcome. For info contact Joan at 250-836-4876 or Kathy at 250-836-3267
Every Tues. - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club rehearsals, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn Arts Centre. 836-4705.
Every 1st & 3rd Wed.- Parkinsons Support Group at First united Church. 20 - 4th Street SE, Salmon Arm at 10 am. Contact Doreen at 250-836-2509. Every 1st & 3rd Wed. Eagle Valley Photography Club Everyone welcome. 7 pm at the Red Barn. Every 4th Mon.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 7 p.m. Every Monday and Thursday -Chairbiotics (low impact exercise) Seniors activity Centre 10:00 am. Join us. $2 each. Every Mon. & Fri. - Bridge, Seniors Activity Centre, 1 p.m.
Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m. Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven. Every Wed. Wednesday Arts for Everyone. 10 am - 3 pm. For info contact Juanita at 250-8363019 or Gail- at 250-836-5472 Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcome Every Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon. Every Wed. - Seniors Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee
As of Monday, council had still not approved the recommendation, awaiting both the federal/provincial funding commitment and data from the completed pilot project.
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served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373. Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m. Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652
Every 3rd Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:30 in the Malakwa Hall. Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at Catholic Church. 836-3440. Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Esther 250-836-4373 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpaletteclub.com Every 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm.
Every Thurs.-Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm3pm. All ladies welcome.
Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 p.m.
Every Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome.
Last Saturday of every month -Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion #99 Ladies Auxilliary dinner 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695. Every 2nd and 4th Thurs. Options For Sexual health from 7 to 9 p.m., Sicamous Health Unit.
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HST reverts back to PST and GST in B.C. The brief era of the harmonized sales tax ended in B.C. Monday, with a last-minute scramble by thousands of businesses to register as collectors of the revived provincial sales tax. About 100,000 businesses in B.C. are required to register and collect PST from customers. By the Easter weekend, about 80,000 of them had done so, said Naomi Yamamoto, B.C.’s minister of state for small business. “I think what most
consumers will be doing is looking at their receipts,” Yamamoto said Sunday. “In most cases they’ll be paying the same as they did prior to April 1, unless you’re getting your hair cut, or buying a ski ticket or you’re paying your golf membership or going to a restaurant, or buying a bike.” The good news for barbers, bike shops, restaurants and other labour service providers is that they see a seven per cent tax reduction. The bad news
is that they have to administer two sales taxes, the PST and the five per cent GST, which continues to apply to goods and services. There are a few anomalies, such as insulation and weatherstripping, where sales tax falls by seven per cent as historic PST exemptions resume Monday, but most retail purchases will remain subject to both GST and PST at a combined rate of 12 per cent. Yamamoto said businesses can reg-
ister online by going to www.pstinbc. ca or www.gov.bc.ca/ pst and selecting the registration link. Business owners who don’t register immediately can still correct transactions made after the deadline. NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston said a statistically average family will be about $350 ahead with the removal of the HST, which was rejected in a mail-in referendum in June 2011. Ralston acknowl-
edged that low-income people will lose the increased HST rebates that have been paid quarterly since the HST took effect in 2010. But he said that will be balanced by the reduced sales taxes they pay in restaurants and other service purchases. A separate seven per cent tax on private used vehicle purchases also remains in place. It was imposed along with the HST to make private sellers subject to the same taxation as car dealers.
Council to call on province for public hearing cal quarries.” The second recommendation is for council to pursue amendments to the Mines Act so as to give “greater weight to local government involvement and ability to control such permits within their jurisdiction.” On Monday, April 1, Hillson told the News he had not yet received Marrs’ written report, and that he did not wish to comment at that time. In his report to council, Marrs stated he had found a number of errors with Hillson’s initial application, and found other points that were questionable, and that he hoped these points would act as “ammunition” for council in seeking political avenues to address the matter.
Among Marrs’ concerns is the scope of the proposal – steps carved into the mountainside that will be 10-metres wide and approximately 110 metres (360 feet) high. He notes the proximity to the nearest existing residence is approximately 160 metres, not 460 as stated in the application. In addition, Marrs notes there one-acre lots adjacent to (below) the subject property that have been encroached upon, and which are currently on the market, and “when residences are constructed thereon, they could be somewhere between 70 to 100 metres from the excavation.” Marrs also calls a $10,000 security deposit for reclamation of the site “unreasonable.” In addition to his criticisms of the ap-
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plication, Marrs also noted how truck traffic generated by the quarry would further diminish the already limited lifespan of the Sicamous-Solsqua Road bridge. He added how a bridge failure might also impact the water and sanitary sewer connection that runs along the bridge, and suggested the district lower the load capacity allowed to cross the bridge. Mayor Darrell Trouton supported Marrs’ recommendations, and took issue with the applicant not having consulted with the district, as well as other concerns raised by the planner. “If this were a logging cut block, they’d have to at least take all of these considerations into (account),” said Trouton. “So I think
it’s a total disregard to the community and our legislation.” At the end of the council meeting, Bryan Laboret, who owns the adjacent lots mentioned by Marrs, thanked council for taking action, and then expressed his own frustrations with the applicant. “When he first built that road up the hillside, he did not survey his property, he came onto my property. He logged straight, right below his to the tune of about anywhere from 25 to 75 feet, cut down trees, dumped debris,” said Laboret. “Told me that he would clean it up and that his plan was to plant trees the next spring and cover up the bare spot on the hillside. If his past behaviour is any indication of what his future
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n his recent budget speech, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made it clear there are still tough times ahead for Canada. Though it appears members of Parliament were excluded from this sentiment. The days of austerity, if they ever truly existed, for the nations backbenchers, cabinet ministers, the Opposition leader and other parliamentarians came to an end just before the Easter break, when it was revealed they’d be receiving a raise. As of Monday, the base salary of MPs jumped by 1.6 per cent – the first pay increase MPs have seen since the House initiated a three-year freeze. For many Canadians, a 1.6 per cent raise would barely register in their bi-monthly paycheque. However, it will bring the base salary of MPs up by about $2,500 to $160,200. The prime minister’s pay jumps $5,000 to $320,400. And cabinet ministers like Flaherty – whose budget speech warned Canadians of how the world economy remains fragile, global growth remains fragile and Canada is not immune – will see their pay jump by $3,600 to $236,900. It must be nice. A January StatsCan report helps put this wage increase into context with what the rest of Canadians have, and generally continue to experience. The report shows median incomes nationally saw little change between 1982 and 2010. Things actually worsened in B.C., where median income dropped from $31,500 in 1982 to $27,500. Not surprisingly, those above the median income did much better. The top one per cent of the 25.5 million who filed their taxes accounted for 10.6 per cent of Canada’s total income. The same report also shows the nation’s wealthy paid more in taxes in 2010 than they did 30 years earlier. As for our MPs, their wage gains may be offset by changes to the parliamentary pension plan, that will see them contribute 50 per cent, as opposed to the current 14 per cent. (Taxpayers cover the rest.) But this doesn’t kick in until 2017 – after the 2015 federal election.
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Greenhouse gas leaks from Pacific Carbon Trust By Tom Fletcher News columnist
VICTORIA – The Pacific Carbon Trust orchestrated a months-long campaign of calls and letters to discredit a report from B.C.’s Auditor General on its first two big carbon offset projects, before it could be released. Just as the audit report was about to be made public, the trust, a Crown corporation created at taxpayer expense, participated in the leaking of selected critical letters to media outlets. Then the Speaker of the B.C. legislature, Bill Barisoff, made a final, clumsy effort to delay the release of the report. As soon as it was out, Environment Minister Terry Lake tried to discredit it by blustering about all the highly paid experts who swore up and down that a forest reserve near Kootenay Lake, and a gas flaring reduction project near Fort Nelson, were bona fide carbon offsets worth $6 million of taxpayers’ money.
The audit states in plain language, with charts and timelines, that the $6 million was basically given away for nothing. I look forward to further audits on this carbon offset scheme, assuming it survives after the May election, because these two projects aren’t the only boondoggles. The Pacific Carbon Trust was set up in 2008 as part of former premier Gordon Campbell’s climate change program. To make the B.C. government’s operations “carbon neutral,” the government and all of its agencies were required to pay the trust $25 per tonne for their carbon dioxide emissions from fuel use. In 2011 alone, B.C. universities paid $4.46 million to the trust. B.C.’s 60 school districts paid a total of $5.36 million the same year, and the province’s six health authorities paid $5.79 million. The money is supposed to go to projects that capture carbon, thus “offsetting” the heating of schools, the fuel burned by ambulances and so forth.
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The 55,000-hectare forest reserve is known as Darkwoods. The audit shows that the Nature Conservancy of Canada decided in 2006 to buy it, using $25 million of federal taxpayers’ money. The deal closed in 2008, the same year the Pacific Carbon Trust was formed. From 2008 to 2010, the trust bought 450,000 tonnes of carbon offset, based on independent evaluations that all rested on the assumption that Darkwoods would be clear-cut logged. Since the forest was already owned by Canada’s leading conservancy, this assumption makes no sense. Was the conservancy going to log it, or flip it to someone who would, after accepting $25 million in tax money to acquire it? Legally, it could not. (I would add that the assumption that logging releases all of the carbon in a forest is also false. Lumber actually sequesters carbon for longer than trees, which eventually die and rot.) The audit found a similar case against EnCana’s flare
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reduction program, which the company used on many wells before the trust started offering money. EnCana was saving money as well as reducing emissions without collecting offsets. Therefore, the audit concluded, neither of these projects was a credible offset because the emissions savings would have occurred anyway. Here’s the next Pacific Carbon Trust project that should be audited. In a complicated transaction, the trust bought offsets from something called the Great Bear Carbon Credit Limited Partnership. Yes, this is the world-famous forest on B.C.’s North Coast that was subject to a preservation deal hammered out between the Coastal First Nations, the B.C. government and three U.S.-backed environmental groups. That was in 2006. The offset purchases were in 2009 and 2010, years after detailed preservation areas were mapped and codified in law. Again, the trust paid for forest that was already preserved.
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Fattikus and Friends to perform in Sicamous Hip hop artists will be raising the roof and food bank donations when they play Sicamous later this month. Fattikus is not the name of some comically obese Roman gladiator, but the teaming of Vancouver hip-hop veterans Attikus and Fatty Down. The Wandering Works label artists will be delivering their fusion of boom-bap bluecollar lyricism and soul singing to a Sicamous audience as featured performers at a gig taking place Saturday, April 20 in Pinz Board-
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The District of Sicamous will be commencing a water main flushing program on the Mara Water System beginning April 8th, 2013 until April 12th, 2013 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The District of Sicamous apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause but water main flushing is very necessary work to maintain water quality within the distribution system. Water main flushing may create pressure fluctuations and turbidity events within the system. High turbidity levels may impair the effectiveness of the disinfection treatment system. If disinfection is impaired, disease causing micro-organisms may escape disinfection resulting in an increased risk of intestinal illness. People with undeveloped or compromised immune systems are at greatest risk, i.e. the elderly, newborn babies, pregnant women and their unborn and people undergoing immune suppressing medical treatment. Due to the above concerns, the District of Sicamous recommends that those water users with underdeveloped or compromised immune systems and those wishing to take extra precautions, boil all water (a rolling boil for one minute) or use bottled water. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, brushing teeth, making ice and for food preparation. If you are experiencing discoloration or cloudiness in your water, run your taps until the water clears. Any questions or concerns regarding these works may be directed to the District of Sicamous Public Works Department at 250-836-4105 or the Municipal Office at 250-836-2477. M. McLean, Public Works Foreman District of Sicamous
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B.C. carbon credits siphon public dollars By Tom Fletcher Black Press
Two carbon capture projects that were the largest beneficiaries of B.C.’s multi-milliondollar “carbon neutral government” program did not provide credible carbon offsets for emissions from government operations, Auditor General John Doyle concludes. In a report released Wednesday, Doyle said a West Kootenay forest reserve called Darkwoods and a flaring elimination project by EnCana Corp. at its Fort Nelson natural gas operations accounted for nearly 70 per cent of carbon credits paid by the government’s agen-
cy, the Pacific Carbon Trust. “Encana’s project was projected to be more financially beneficial to the company than its previous practices, regardless of offset revenue, while the Darkwoods property was acquired without offsets being a critical factor in the decision,” Doyle’s report states. “In industry terms, they would be known as ‘free riders’ – receiving revenue ($6 million between the two) for something that would have happened anyway.” Darkwoods, a 55,000-hectare property near Kootenay Lake, was purchased as a forest reserve by the Nature Conservancy of
Canada in 2008. Doyle notes that the decision to buy the land was made in 2006, and a carbon offset feasibility study was not completed until January, 2009. EnCana’s project diverted gas from flares to drilling. The audit found that “the company started the project in 2008 and had already converted many gas wells by the time they met with the Pacific Carbon Trust in 2009.” The offset payments “were not a factor in the decision to proceed.” B.C.’s “carbon neutral government” initiative has been controversial since it was launched as part of former premier Gordon Campbell’s climate
change program in 2008. Provincial and local governments, health authorities and school districts were required to buy carbon offset credits equal to the greenhouse gas emissions from their buildings and vehicles, with the money invested in carbon-reducing projects. According to the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation, B.C. universities paid $4.46 million into the Pacific Carbon Trust in 2011. B.C.’s 60 school districts paid a total of $5.36 million the same year, and the province’s six health authorities paid $5.79 million. Environment Minister Terry Lake said
the government “fundamentally rejects” Doyle’s conclusions, and stands by the outside experts who were called on to validate the carbon offset investments. NDP environment critic Rob Fleming said the report adds to earlier criticisms of a program that diverts taxpayer funds from schools and hospitals to finance industrial projects by profitable companies. The government responded to earlier criticism by diverting $10 million taken from school districts in the past two year into a fund to improve energy efficiency in school buildings and vehicles.
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Okanagan Shuswap MP Colin Mayes stuck with the party line on a bill that attempted to add discrimination against the transgendered to the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code. Mayes joined the majority of his federal Conservative colleagues and voted no on Wednesday to Bill
C-279, a private member’s bill put forward by the NDP’s Randall Garrison. Mayes is recorded as being absent during the bill’s previous readings. But not all Conservatives voted against the bill. One of Mayes’ Parliamentary neighbours, Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo MP Cathy McLeod was among 18 Conservative members to go against her party –
and Prime Minister Stephen Harper. McLeod voted yes to the motion, telling reporters she was compelled to cast her vote in favour after hearing about the profound discrimination that demographic suffers. Also in the House of Commons this past week, Mayes presented a petition from some of his Okanagan-Shuswap constituents calling on
Parliament to support an upcoming motion to condemn sex-selection. “Millions of girls have been lost through sex-selective abortions, resulting in a global gender imbalance,” said Mayes. “Ultrasounds are being used in Canada to determine the sex of the unborn so that expecting parents can choose to terminate the pregnancy if the unborn child is a girl.”
New stamps celebrate Armstrong centennial Armstrong’s centennial has officially been stamped. Kelowna stamp collector and designer Pete Lepold has arranged with the city and Canada Post to print two special commemorative stamps which honour the anniversary.
“Six or seven weeks ago, I was visiting some friends in Armstrong and read in the paper about the centennial. I thought maybe that was a good idea for a stamp,” said Lepold, who has been collecting and designing stamps for 10 years.
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While the story of the Shuswap’s first town of Seymour City (Ogdenville) that was built and mostly abandoned in just one year, 1866, is fairly well known; fewer people are aware that in that same year the town Eagle Pass Landing was also built at the mouth of the Eagle River. The story begins in July 1885 when Governor Seymour was concerned about the need for a trail from Ogdenville to the Big Bend gold fields on the Columbia River. He selected Walter Moberly, who was in charge of the Lands and Works Department for the colony, to survey and blaze a trail and survey the country east of Shuswap Lake to determine the best location for a wagon road. Moberly, along with four surveyors, Perry, Green Turnbull and Cowan and some First Nations guides and packers left the Kamloops fort in two bateaux to get to the Hudson’s Bay Company outpost at the head of Seymour Arm, where he left his assistants to survey two possible
routes, while he went with two guides to explore the lake. At the northeast of the Shuswap Arm of the lake they ventured up the river as far as possible by boat and then headed upstream on foot where they climbed up a mountain to get a view of the area. From on top of the mountain, Moberly observed eagles flying into what appeared to be a unbroken wall of mountains before disappearing, and thus he determined that there must be a pass through the range. He then returned to Ogdenville to join his crew and hike to the Big Bend along the shortest trail they surveyed, where they built a dugout canoe and headed down the Columbia River. From near where Revelstoke is today, they journeyed through the pass the eagles had used to return to Shuswap Lake and somewhere near where Craigellachie is today, he blazed a small cedar tree and wrote the words, “This is the pass for the Overland Railway.” Moberly used Eagle for the name of the river, the pass, and the mountain. When the miners learned about the better route to the Columbia from near the mouth of the Eagle River, many of them headed there and once again another boomtown was built in a few months. Eagle Pass Landing was a ramshackle commu-
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along the way. Morley Roberts worked for the CPR building the railway and wrote about his experiences in a book about his adventures in British Columbia. He described Eagle Pass Landing as a rough and tumble town filled with intoxicated men gambling and fighting. But he also enjoyed some of the same summer pastimes of today, swimming, and touring around the lake in an old dugout canoe. The first person to preempt land in Sicamous was Civil War veteran George Murdock who, upon realizing the strategic importance of this area, managed to claim 332 acres surrounding the Eagle Pass Landing. From 1882 until 1892, Murdock and his partner, Hill, had a hotel, store and whiskey saloon and their farm produce was sold to the railway. The CPR originally planned to run the tracks through Eagle Pass, but since the lake was too deep for a bridge and Murdock had title to the
land, it chose to bridge the channel instead and build the tracks on the south side of the Eagle River. When the railway was completed in 1885, Eagle Pass Landing slowly withered away as the town of Sicamous grew. Eagle Pass Landing, now known as Old Town Bay, became the site for a sawmill and years later the bay was used for booms of logs.
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